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“Oh U up my chest, up my throat, face, into the roots of my hair, until I am completely red
“Think on that,” she says and pops another entire macaron in her mouth
I open my mouth, hesitate, close it, then do it a fewat me shrewdly
“I’ve got to run, I have the hot-waterat three Why do they always co You look a bit like a fish”
I sit at my desk after she leaves The pathway is as clear as day I should be on the phone to Danny to talk about hi on ain To keep things professional I dig out his business card and e request for to at this point
I have a text My stomach freefalls My heart soars
Joshua Templeman: Glad to hear it
He got the roses then I hug the phone to my chest
This interview is the worst kind of liood luck in the hallways I their sympathetic aardness if I fail is unbearable
If Josh gets this job, I have to walk away
I look at the cross in my planner that symbolizes next week’s interview As much as my mock presentation boosted my confidence, I also need to plan out the worst-case scenario It’s good business planning to have an exit strategy I’ve got some money saved in a sacred account that I never touch I’d wanted to take a vacation this year, but I guess it’s going to be o and sit under the uates of Sky Dia and juht They wouldn’t even have the decency to be disappointed in me
If Josh gets this job, and I resign, will h those little flickers inside ile little game survive outside these walls? My friendship with Val didn’t survive
Could we see each other while I hear about his successes at B&G and I’m in the job queue? On the other hand, would he be happy forthis city with his CV? His pride is sohtly
I’ot some contacts at some smaller boutique publishers that I could possibly approach, but I’d feel disloyal to Helene I could ask Helene for a transfer into another B&G team Maybe it is time to start at the bottom of the editorial team But if I remain at B&G, that would almost certainly mean that Josh was the new COO
Needless to say, any chance of ever sitting on his couch again would be coone